Newport East (UK Parliament constituency)

Newport East
Newport East
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Newport East in Wales
Preserved county	Gwent
Electorate	55,224 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Jessica Morden (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Newport and Monmouth
Overlaps
Senedd	South Wales East

51°35′35″N 2°55′12″W / 51.593°N 2.920°W / 51.593; -2.920

Newport East (Welsh: Dwyrain Casnewydd) is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Borough of Newport wards 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 18 to 20, and the District of Monmouth wards 14 and 15.

1997-2010: The Borough of Newport wards of Alway, Beechwood, Langstone, Liswerry, Llanwern, Ringland, St Julian's, and Victoria, and the Borough of Monmouth wards of Caldicot Castle, Dewstow, Magor with Undy, Rogiet, Severn, and West End.

2010-present: The Newport County Borough electoral divisions of Alway, Beechwood, Langstone, Liswerry, Llanwern, Ringland, St Julian's, and Victoria, and the Monmouthshire County electoral divisions of Caldicot Castle, Dewstow, Green Lane, Mill, Rogiet, Severn, The Elms, and West End.

History

Newport East was created when the former Newport borough constituency was split into two divisions in 1983. It also included some rural areas formerly part of Monmouth county constituency. There have been only minor boundary changes since the constituency was created.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[3]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color;" rowspan="3" \|	1983	Roy Hughes	Labour
1997	Alan Howarth
2005	Jessica Morden

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Newport East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Morden	20,804	56.5	+15.8
	Conservative	Natasha Asghar	12,801	34.8	+7.5
	UKIP	Ian Gorman	1,180	3.2	−15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Brown	966	2.6	−3.8
	Plaid Cymru	Cameron Wixcey	881	2.4	−1.1
	Independent	Nadeem Ahmed	188	0.5	N/A
Majority			8,003	21.7	+8.3
Turnout			36,820	64.3	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

General Election 2015: Newport East^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Morden	14,290	40.7	+3.7
	Conservative	Natasha Asghar	9,585	27.3	+4.3
	UKIP	David Stock	6,466	18.4	+16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Halliday	2,251	6.4	−25.8
	Plaid Cymru	Tony Salkeld^[7]	1,231	3.5	+1.4
	Green	David Mclean^[8]	887	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Shangara Singh Bhatoe	398	1.1	+0.8
Majority			4,705	13.4	+8.6
Turnout			35,108	62.7	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.3

General Election 2010: Newport East^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Morden	12,744	37.0	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Townsend	11,094	32.2	+8.5
	Conservative	Dawn Parry	7,918	23.0	−0.5
	BNP	Keith Jones	1,168	3.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Fiona Cross	724	2.1	−1.7
	UKIP	David Rowlands	677	2.0	−1.0
	Socialist Labour	Elizabeth Screen	123	0.4	−0.4
Majority			1,650	4.8
Turnout			34,448	63.6	+5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Newport East^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Morden	14,389	45.2	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Townsend	7,551	23.7	+9.7
	Conservative	Matthew Collings	7,459	23.4	+0.2
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammad Asghar	1,221	3.8	−1.1
	UKIP	Roger Thomas	945	3.0	+1.7
	Socialist Labour	Elizabeth Screen	260	0.8	−0.5
Majority			6,838	21.5	−10.0
Turnout			31,825	57.9	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.6

General Election 2001: Newport East^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Howarth	17,120	54.7	−2.9
	Conservative	Ian Oakley	7,246	23.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Cameron	4,394	14.0	+3.6
	Plaid Cymru	Madoc Batcup	1,519	4.9	+2.9
	Socialist Labour	Elizabeth Screen	420	1.3	−3.9
	UKIP	Neal Reynolds	410	1.3	N/A
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	173	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,874	31.5	−4.8
Turnout			31,282	54.7	−18.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Newport East^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Howarth	21,481	57.7	+2.7
	Conservative	David Evans	7,958	21.4	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Cameron	3,880	10.4	−1.5
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	1,951	5.2	N/A
	Referendum	Edward Chaney-Davis	1,267	3.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Holland	721	1.9	+0.2
Majority			13,523	36.3	+7.3
Turnout			37,258	73.1	−7.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Newport East^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Hughes	23,050	55.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Angela A. Emmett	13,151	31.4	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	William A. Oliver	4,991	11.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru (Green)	Stephen M. Ainley	716	1.7	+0.6
Majority			9,899	23.6	+6.7
Turnout			41,908	81.2	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Newport East^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Hughes	20,518	49.1	+9.5
	Conservative	Graham Webster-Gardiner	13,454	32.2	−0.9
	SDP	Frances David	7,383	17.7	−7.9
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Butler	458	1.1	−0.6
Majority			7,064	16.9	+10.4
Turnout			41,813	79.9	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Newport East^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Hughes	15,931	39.6	N/A
	Conservative	Roy Thomason	13,301	33.1	N/A
	SDP	Frances David	10,293	25.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	David Thomas	697	1.7	N/A
Majority			2,630	6.5	N/A
Turnout			40,222	76.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ "'Newport East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll: Election of a Member of Parliament: Newport East Constituency" (PDF). Newport City Council. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Newport East BBC Election - Newport East
^ "Under-fire Newport Ukip candidate faces calls to stand down". South Wales Argus. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2014/11/24/david-mclean-for-newport-east-and-pippa-bartolotti-for-newport-west/
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Newport East BBC Election - Newport East
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[1] "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[ElectionWeb83-2] "'Newport East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)

[4] "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll: Election of a Member of Parliament: Newport East Constituency" (PDF). Newport City Council. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[electoralcalculus2015-5] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] Newport East BBC Election - Newport East

[7] "Under-fire Newport Ukip candidate faces calls to stand down". South Wales Argus. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[8] ttps://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2014/11/24/david-mclean-for-newport-east-and-pippa-bartolotti-for-newport-west/

[electoralcalculus2010-9] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[10] Newport East BBC Election - Newport East

[electoralcalculus2005-11] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[electoralcalculus2001-12] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[electoralcalculus1997-13] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[electoralcalculus1992-14] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[15] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

[electoralcalculus1987-16] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[electoralcalculus1983-17] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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